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Fourth Next Event A Success, With Euronext Confirming Commitment To Promotion Of Midcaps

Date 23/09/2004

Euronext held its fourth Next Event on September 22 and 23 in Paris, building on from the success of the first three to continue its strategy of promoting small and midcap companies.
Deutsche Börse Appoints Jeffrey Tessler To The Executive Board - Tessler To Assume Responsibility For Banking And Custody - Tessler Also To Become CEO Of Clearstream International

Date 23/09/2004

On Monday, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG appointed Jeffrey Tessler to the Executive Board effective October 6. Tessler will be responsible for the Banking and Custody Area within Customers/Markets. In a next step as of December 10 he will also become Chief Executive Officer of Clearstream International S.A.
CBOT Mini-Sized Dow Options Open Interest Surpasses 50,000

Date 23/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that open interest in the CBOT mini-sized Dow(SM) options contract surpassed 50,000 contracts for the first time and set its tenth consecutive record on Wednesday, September 22. Open interest in mini-sized Dow options, which trade exclusively on the exchange’s premier electronic trading platform, rose to 51,808 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 45,042 contracts set on September 21.
WSE Announces The Schedule Of Introducing The Company PKO BP To Indices’ Portfolios

Date 22/09/2004

In connection with the forthcoming debut of the company PKO BP the Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the schedule of introducing company’s shares to individual indices’ portfolios.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 September 2004

Date 22/09/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 September 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.

The Securities And Exchange Commission Of Thailand: License For Operation Of Futures Exchange And Clearing House

Date 22/09/2004

To accommodate the inauguration of futures market in 2005, the SEC at the meeting 9/2547 on Friday, September 10, 2004 approved rules and regulations on licensing and undertaking business as futures exchange or clearing house.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Highlights Thailand’s Strengths in “Thailand Focus 2004”

Date 22/09/2004

Thailand’s Prime Minister Pol. Lt. Col. Thaksin Shinawatra spoke confidently about the success of his administration during the past 3 years. This event also serves as proof, in that it has brought in hundreds of investors and fund managers from around the world to personally observe Thailand’s economic and social stability. And, he announced that his party is going to be the first elected government to last through the full 4-year term.
SWX Swiss Exchange - Ypsomed Holding Inc. Opens At CHF 73

Date 22/09/2004

The shares of the Swiss manufacturer of injection pens, Ypsomed Holding Inc, were traded in the main segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time today. The issue price was set yesterday (Tuesday) at CHF 68. The opening price on the SWX stood at CHF 73, corresponding to a market capitalisation of CHF 804 million. Ypsomed belongs not only to the SPI®, but also to the two novel sector-specific SXI Life SCIENCES® and SXI Bio+Medtech® indices, which cover one of Switzerland's most prominent
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 22/09/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Thursday, September 23, 2004:
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 22/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, September 30th 2004: